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In the current economic climate, finding the financial resources for Africa’s huge infrastructure needs is an enormous challenge. But without those resources, African governments will find it very difficult to catch up with other regions of the world....
Tags: African Development Bank, African Union Commission, sub-Saharan Africa, Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic, Kenya, Nairobi, Economy of Africa, Infrastructure, Business Finance, New Partnership for Africa's Development, Emerging Capital Partners
Darfur and return the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their home areas." On Dec...What has been circulated by the media in this respect is untrue."
Tags: Darfur UN, Ibrahim Gambari, Mr Gambari, Burma, African Union Commission, special envoy, Nigerian, United Nations, Sudan, Khartoum, Politics, Darfur conflict, War Conflict, Rodolphe Adada, Ban Ki-moon, Than Shwe, Darfur, Politics of Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, State Peace and Development Council, African Union - United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, War in Darfur, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Mohamed Yonis, Burmese anti-government protests, National League for Democracy, African Union, International reaction to the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests, Aung San, African Union Mission in Sudan, Social Issues
Richard Mkandawire who spoke on behalf of the African Union Commission and New Partnership for African Development (Nepad) said the forum is a platform for sharing experiences and lessons from each other’s best practices in agriculture. The lessons and...
Tags: African Union Commission, sub-Saharan Africa, Nepad, Kenya, Nairobi, Malnutrition, Poverty, William Ruto, Food security, Humanitarian aid, New Partnership for Africa's Development, International development, African Union
Korea Promises to Double Aid to Continent James Karuhanga 26 November 2009 Kigali — The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Rosemary Museminali addressing the Korea-Africa Forum in Seoul. South Korea has pledged to double its development assistance...
Tags: Korea-Africa, South Korea, African Union Commission, Seoul, Environment, Politics, Republics, North Korea, Kigali, Divided regions
A study recently conducted in 24 African countries shows that the poor state of infrastructure in Sub Saharan Africa – its electricity, water, roads, and information and communications technology (ICT) – cuts national economic growth by...
Tags: World Bank, infrastructure, African Union Commission, African Development Bank, New Partnership for Africa&, Transforming African Infrastructure
When the plane carrying the Nigerian senators got to Chad airspace, the Sudanese authorities informed them that the airport will be closed for maintenance and as such they could not land. “We apologize for this mishap; the Sudanese government is embarrassed...
Tags: Darfur Panel, Pan African Parliament, African Union Commission, South Africa, Sudan, Nigeria, AU Security Council, Khartoum
Africa, the continent hardest hit by climate change, will demand that reparations and damages be paid by polluting countries, African Union Commission chair Jean Ping said on Sunday. At the UN climate summit in Copenhagen in December, "Africa will present...
Tags: African Union Commission, South Africa, climate change
Other demands include the withdrawal of all French warships patrolling Somali waters.
Tags: Somalia, African Union Commission, Mogadishu, suicide bombs, special force, suicide attack, French, American, union peacekeepers, bombs attack
An African Union proposal demanding billions of dollars in compensation for the impacts of climate change is taking shape. An African Union proposal demanding billions of dollars in compensation for the impacts of climate change is taking shape. It is...
Tags: African Union Commission, climate change, African Union Headquarters, Dr. Jean Ping, Meles Zenawi, special summit, opening statement
The majority of African leaders present at an AU summit in Sirte, Libya sponsored Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi's initiative for a restructured African Union in which 53 nations across the continent would opt for a centralized command in order to address...
Tags: African Union Commission, african leaders, Libyan, Sudan, African Authority, war crimes, president omar, South Africa, crimes warrant, Omar al-Bashir